Garment hanger attachment



macaw-g ad Get. 6, 1959 2,907,505

L. E. KINSEY GARMENT HANGER ATTACHMENT Filed June 25, 1958 Fig. 5

Lionel E. Kinsey /4 l5 INVENTOR.

United States Patent GARMENT HANGER ATTACHMENT Lionel E. Kinsey, Muskogee, Okla.

Application June 25, 1958, Serial No. 744,505

1 Claim. (Cl. 223-95) This invention relates to garment hangers and has for its primary object to provide, in a manner as hereinafter set forth, novel means in the form of an attachment whereby nether garments such, for example, as skirts, trousers, etc., may be securely mounted on and neatly suspended from conventional wire hangers of the type in widespread use.

Another important object of the present invention is to provide a hanger attachment of the aforementioned character which will accommodate substantially all sizes of garments.

Still another very important object of the invention is to provide an attachment of the character described which may be expeditiously mounted on the hanger and a garment suspended therefrom with minimum effort.

Other objects of the invention are to provide a garment hanger attachment of the character set forth which will be comparatively simple in construction,'strong, durable, compact, of light weight and which may be manufactured at low cost. 7

These together with other objects and advantages which will become subsequently apparent reside in the details of construction and operation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure 1 is an elevational view, showing a conventional wire garment hanger equipped with a pair of attachments constructed in accordance with the present invention;

Figure 2 is an end elevational view thereof;

Figure 3 is an enlarged view in transverse section, taken substantially on the line 33 of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is an enlarged view in transverse section, taken substantially on the line 4--4 of Figure 1; and

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the attachment per se.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, it will be seen that reference character 6 designates generally a conventional wire garment hanger. As usual, the hanger 6 comprises a single length of wire formed to provide a horizontal bar 7, oppositely inclined shoulder bars 8 and a suspension hook 9.

A pair of attachments 10 embodying the present invention are adiustably and removably mounted on the bar 7 of the hanger 6. Each attachment 10 includes a rod 11 of resilient wire or other suitable material to be mounted beneath the hanger bar 7 in spaced parallelism therewith. Toward this end, the rod 11 has an intermediate portion looped and bent in a manner to provide a lateral resilient hook 12 adapted to be snapped on the bar 7 of the hanger 6 in a manner to tension said hook, thus "ice frictionally gripping said bar. At the inner end thereof, the rod 11 terminates in an upstanding, lateral resilient hook 13 which is aligned with the hook 12 and which is also adapted to be snapped on the hanger bar 7 in a manner to frictionally grip the same.

The outer portion of the rod 11 is bent to provide an outwardly and downwardly inclined resilient arm or jaw 14 which terminates at its free end in a loop or eye 15. The jaw 14 is engageable in the waistband 16 of a skirt 17 for example, to be suspended from the hanger 6 and said jaw comprises a plurality of teeth, prongs or other suitable gripping elements 18.

It is thought that the use of the attachment will be readily understood from a consideration of the foregoing. Briefly, to mount the attachment on the hanger the hook 13 is snapped on the bar 7 of said hanger. The outer end of the rod 11 is then swung upwardly, thus twisting and tensioning the hook 13, and the hook 12 is snapped on the bar 7. The jaws 14 are then engaged in the waistband 16 of the garment 17 and the .attachments10 are slid outwardly on the bar 7. Thus, the waistband of the garment is stretched and the resilient jaws 14 are tensioned. The construction and arrangement is such that the hooks 12 and 13 frictionally secure the device in any position on the hanger. Also, the hooks 12, being spaced inwardly from the outer ends of the rods 11, permit the jaws 14 to be projected well beyond the ends of the hanger 6 for permitting the larger sizes of garments to be suspended from said hanger. This constitutes an important and highly desirable feature of the present invention.

The foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the invention. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the invention to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the invention as claimed. 1

What is claimed as new is as follows:

Means for suspending a garment from a wire hanger of the type including a horizontal bar, said means comprising a pair of attachments to be removably and longitudinally adjustably mounted on the bar, each of said attachments including a resilient wire rod to be mounted beneath the bar in parallelism therewith, an upstanding, laterally opening, resilient hook on the inner end of said rod to be snapped transversely on the bar under tension from one side thereof and at an intermediate point, an upstanding, laterally opening, resilient hook on an intermediate portion of the rod to be snapped transversely on the bar under tension from said one side thereof and also at an intermediate point after the first named hook is engaged therewith for frictionally and removably securing therod in adjusted position on said bar in conunction with said first named hook, and a. depending jaw on the outer end of the rod engageable in the garment.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 833,693 Nevius Oct. 16, 1906 1,553,140 Chidley Sept. 8, 1925 2,129,455 Wisehart et al. Sept. 6, 1938 2,345,398 Isaacson Mar. 28, 1944 2,364,883 Wahl -a..- Dec. 12, 1944 

